Liquid–Fluid Interfaces and Dynamics—2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

In the oil and natural gas industry, the energy and power industry, the chemical and pharmaceutical industry, and the medical and healthcare industry, the variable fluids of liquid, gas, gas–liquid, and liquid–liquid mixtures interact with the walls of pipes, vessels, and reactors during their transport, reaction, and mixing. Material corrosion is inevitable under the complex multiphase flow. To maintain the structural material integrity and reliability of assets under the harsh environments of complex fluids, there is a demand to better understand the basic interaction mechanisms of phase interface and corrosion and to develop new coatings and protection technologies. More experimental, theoretical, and modeling activities should be further focused on in this area.

With the development of renewable energy, energy storage, CCUS, and new medical technology, the demand for multiphase flow control and corrosion protection technology is increasingly strong. In addition, the development of measurement and characterization techniques, simulation methods, and artificial intelligence technology provides scientists and engineers with more powerful investigation tools to better understand the basic mechanisms and develop coatings and protection strategies. The purpose of this Special Issue is to report the notable investigations of scientists and engineers in the areas of multiphase flow, multiphase interaction, material corrosion mechanisms in fluids, surface modification, and coatings. 

The scope of this Special Issue will cover, but will not be limited to, the following contents:

• Multiphase interface behaviors (gas–liquid flow and interaction, liquid–liquid flow and interaction, multiphase transport);
• Multiphase flow and wall interactions (mass transfer through the interface, collision, transport, erosion);
• Material corrosion behavior within static and dynamic fluids (supercritical fluids, oil, water, syngas, natural gas, amine solution, ionic liquid, phase changed liquid, electrolyte solution, etc.);
• Recent developments in protective coatings and epoxy coatings for hydrophobic, superhydrophobic, self-cleaning, self-healing, anti-corrosion, ice-phobic, wear resistant, anti-biofouling, and anti-bacterial applications;
• Surface modification produced via different processes (e.g., electrochemical, anodization and electroplating, etching, spraying, dipping, sol-gel, laser, and plasma techniques);
• Phase-change processes of materials (e.g., organic phase-change material, inorganic phase-change material, composite phase-change material);
• Theoretical calculation of a surface or interface (e.g., catalysis, corrosion behavior, wetting behavior, etc.);
• Phase-interface behavior of energy materials (e.g., lithium-ion battery materials, sodium-ion battery material, explosive energetic material, etc.).

Dr. Shunli Zheng
Dr. Liping Wei
Dr. Yanhui Li
Guest Editors

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• multiphase flow
• corrsion behavior
• functional coating
• surface mofication
• industrial
• medical